Hacked WSJ page ‘downs’ US president’s plane in Russia

Hackers broke into the Wall Street Journal’s Facebook page to claim that Air Force One possibly crashed over the Russian airspace rattling users’ nerves.

While the world is still recovering from the shock of the
Malaysia Airlines plane crash, a message on WSJ’s Facebook page
posted on Sunday morning came as yet even a worse stress for a
few readers.

The fake “breaking news” report suggested that the American
president’s plane went down in Russia.

“US Air Force One crash feared as air traffic controller
loses contact with pilot over Russian air space,” read one
of the posts on WSJ’s page.

The message, shared by over 300 users, was followed by another
false announcement:

To readers’ relief in a message posted 20 minutes later, the
American newspaper said that its page was hacked and that it was
looking into the incident.

Two previous “breaking news” posts were deleted, but
several users made screenshots of a likely hackers’ attack.

The incident sparked a wave of jokes, sarcasm and criticism from
readers who poured their emotions into comments on the WSJ page.

While some users, as they confessed, were simply “freaking
out” and got “a panic attack”, suspicious minds
tried to find a confirmation on other sources. Others dug even
deeper asking “how do we know that the page isn't compromised
NOW and that stuff before was real?”

Easy-going people apparently took the entire incident with a
sense of humor suggesting that it was time for Harrison Ford to
come save the world and announcing that they’ve got things ready
for a nuclear war. “I did buy an anti-atomic shelter 20 mins
ago. Who's gonna refund me now?” one person wrote in
comments.

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